Two months in!

This was our last family picture taken so far.
It is not our last.
Look into our eyes and you can see the grief.
The fear.
Sadness.
Two days before this was taken is when we heard the "c" word for our family.
There was know way of knowing what the following two months would bring.
In these two months, we have have felt God's love showered upon us in ways we will never understand this side of Heaven.
The thing is, we would never have felt it if it were not for all of you reading these words.
Your prayers of encouragement and support have kept us going every single day. Kept us living every day even when we may not know how we are going to continue.  Because of you, we do continue.

So many angels in human bodies busted their rear end for us this past Saturday to feed breakfast to family and strangers alike.  How is that around 350 people showed up for us?  To support us?
In our minds, we are no one special.  We are your everyday American family trying to do better for our kids in the circumstances that we are in.  Our mistakes are abundant.  But our love is great and each day is new and fresh with possibilities.

Throughout Psalms, David praises God.  Psalms 145: 2 I'll bless you EVERYDAY, and keep it up from now to eternity.  3b There are no boundaries to his greatness.  6a Your marvelous doings are headline news.  8 God is all mercy and grace- not quick to anger, is rich in love.  9 God is good to one and all; everything he does is suffused (over spread) with grace.  14 God gives a hand to those down on their luck, gives a fresh start to those ready to quit. 17 Everything God does is right- the trademark on all his works is love.  18 God's there, listening for all who pray, for all who pray and mean it.

This has been the last two months for our family.  God has shown up ways I could have never fathomed (human imagination and all).  He is allowing us to be taken care of and loved on so abundantly.

For this next week, we will be away.  Regrouping as a family before school starts. Before stem cell transplant appointments begin.  While we are as close to "normal" as we can be this side of diagnosis.  Please pray for us to have a very safe trip.  That Ted listens to his body (and his wife) when it is time to rest.  For traffic to be minimal.  That siblings show love and grace rather than rivalry and arguments.  And finally, that loving memories with lots of pictures are brought home.